page_title: Russell Shorto
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caption_attribution_description: Zaterdag 23 oktober 2010 vond de Nacht van de Geschiedenis plaats in de Amsterdamse Stadsschouwburg. De Nacht is de feestelijke afsluiting van de Week van de Geschiedenis. Ontdek meer op nachtvandegeschiedenis.innl.nl Foto: Fred Ernst
context_page_description: Russell Shorto is an American author, historian and journalist, best known for his book on the Dutch origins of New York City, The Island at the Center of the World. Shorto's research for this book relied greatly on the work of the New Netherland Project and the New Netherland Institute. Shorto has been the New Netherland Research Center's Senior Scholar since 2013.
  His most recent work, published in November 2017, is Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom, which tells the story of the American Revolution through the eyes of six Americans from vastly different walks of life.
context_section_description: Russell Shorto (born February 8, 1959) is an American author, historian and journalist, best known for his book on the Dutch origins of New York City, The Island at the Center of the World. Shorto's research for this book relied greatly on the work of the New Netherland Project (now known as the New Netherland Research Center)  and the New Netherland Institute. Shorto has been the New Netherland Research Center's Senior Scholar since 2013.
  His most recent work, published in November 2017, is Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom, which tells the story of the American Revolution through the eyes of six Americans from vastly different walks of life.
caption: Russell Shorto in 2010.
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